The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐγκλιτικός“inclined towards”
- Late Latin · borrowed fromencliticus
- English todayenclitic
From Late Latin encliticus, from Ancient Greek ἐγκλιτικός (enklitikós, “inclined towards”), from ἐγκλίνειν (enklínein, “lean on”), from ἐν (en, “upon”) + κλίνειν (klínein, “to lean, incline”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.